electric solutions during the survival course.A. practiceB. produceC. approachD. Popularize9.Why the company wants to relocate to Ireland still remains a brainteaser to a majority of staff.A.enigmaB.disasterC. secretD. Burden10. The purported function of the massage chair is that it can dispel your fatigue.A. supposed b. reclaimed C. publicized D. advertised11. This is the era of the ―personal brand‖.A. timeB. periodC. agedD. Phase12. Others felt it too outlandish to take seriouslyA. crazyB. outstandingC. strangeD. Great13. Her services are in demand from bankers, lawyers and other business people, all pondering ways to improve how they are perceived at work.A. deliberatingB. concerning aboutC. consideringD. thinking over14. The outside world offers a little more illumination.A. enlightenmentB. explanationC. strangeD. Inspiration15.She says there is evidence that Brand Stern is credible and respected, but she wonders if the markets aren‘t looking for something a bit meatier: ‗Are you damping down your personality? Do they want more of you?‖A. fatterB. more informativeC. fleshierD. more important16.Wouldn‘t it be cool if… I want to harness those ideas and let people have a forum?A.DiscoverB. make use ofC. search forD. think about17.Instead of setting up a traditional display booth at last year‘s Macworld convention, Kaufman handed out pads and pencils and invited attendees to sketch the products they wanted.A. boxB. roomC. stallD. Desk18.Says his mother, Mindy, ‗‖When you see someone who has a dream and a great idea, you don‘t want to stifle it ,,A. hurtB. smotherC. damageD. safeguard19. He sold the Mophie product line and rolled the proceeds into Kluster, a virtual forum that al-lows consumers and businesses to collaborate on the design of products and services.A. theoreticB. fakeC. falseD. fictitious20. As Kaufman envisions Kluster, companies that want to create a new product vvill use the plat-form () to put out a challenge to a relevant group of consumers.A. theoreticB. fakeC. falseD. Fictitious21. It‘s harder to estimate than you may think.A. guessB. TellC. assessD. Imagine22. But it‘s unavoidable, so what‘s the smart way to think about it now?A. irresponsibleB. necessaryC. inevitableD. Unavailable23. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last year that a child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live 77.9 years.A.foundB.decidedC.claimedD.proclaimed24. To put it a bit more ominously, an 81% chance of not hitting it.A.balefullyB.omniscientlyC.inauspiciouslyD.haplessly25. The main culprits were smoking, obesity, and, in men, HIV/AIDS and homicide.A. corpulenceB. firmnessC. obscurityD. skinniness26. We were puzzled by the promotion of that person of mediocre abilities.A.distinctiveB. ordinaryC..abysmalD. Dubious27. Someone‘s broken one of our windows, but we‘l l soon find the culprit.A. detractorB. geekC. wrongdoerD. outcast28. The lecturer was to discuss politics but got sidetracked by a question from the audience into talking about religion.A. diverted from the main topicB. interrupted in a flashC. Embarrassed at a lossD. perplexed for a while29.The inhabitants of Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America, nearly starved because they had squandered their provisions.A. forfeitedB. dissipatedC. devastatedD.jettisoned30.In Washington the Clinton Administration‘s pr oposed $40 billion bailout of the weakened pesomet with stiff opposition from Democrats.A. subsidyB. reinforcementC. loanD. rescue31.In the public gaze, George grudgingly admitted to being wrong.A.guilefullyB. reluctantlyC.glaciallyD. frankly32. It seemed galling to have to submit to the man she hated very much.A.humiliatingB.gorgeousC.giddyD.futile33. The performance of Hamlet turned out to be a complete non-event, for few eminent actors appeared.A. interesting eventB.disappointmentC. exhilarating eventD. sensational event34. It is mandatory to attend this extremely important meeting.A.obligatoryB.authorisedmutativeD. Reputable35. Worn out as it may look, the stereo still has a lot of mileage left.A. usefulnessB. disrepairC. distancedD. SeclusionII. Fill in each blank of the following sentences with one of the phrases given be-low. Make changes when necessary.go up to get it be supposed to reflect on hold up slip off turn to be indicative of in great demand rent out on tracknest egg confuse. . . with . . .1.We must the influence of television violence on children.2. I don‘t. why would she want to diet in such a radical way?3. Exhaustion couldn‘t the students‘ passion of pursuing knowledge.4. After the game, she her trainer and thanked her for all her help.5. You to pay the bill by Sunday.6. She was so shocked at the news that she the cell phone.7.Don‘t income wealth. Income sometimes merely enables you to make ends meet, while wealth makes you live comfortably.8.Instead of building a , many Chinese parents give all their money to their children.9. Their failure to act their indifference towards this project.10.When we grow up, we should try to stand on our own feet rather than our parents.11.He had to his house in Seattle to make mortgage payments.12.As planes and cars were of oil, people went and found many big oil wells.13.We made a great effort to get our company back .III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1.The progress of technology is dramatic, too, but not cyclical.2. Ten years ago that amount of storage would have cost five figures and 20 years ago seven figures - one steep slope.3.It‘s better to create an ecology that gets all the world‘s smartest people toiling in your garden for your goals.4.Your job, as a leader of an organization, is to tap into this mass of innovators, investors and consumers.5.If collect ive wisdom is what you want, Joy‘s Law covers that, too.6. Bankemper, who had spent most of his career focusing on selling to contractors rather than do-it-yourself consumers, hadn‘t considered either.7.Medoff was equally impressed and decided to expand the program, asking managers to come up with five projects for the spring semester.8.If he likes their idea, he‘II fund it and, he hopes, entice the students to run the company after they graduate.9.target audience10.Go-to person11. meeting package12. risk-averse13. target market14.Personal branding could make the difference if you want a better job.15.It is a case of ―show, don‘t tell‖, and ―show‖ in an interesting way.16.By comparing the mismatches between what the market wants and what you are giving them, you can spot which skills or aspects of your personality to develop.17.Finished product18. production time19. marketing strategy20. product merchandiser21. business philosophy22. Instead of setting up a traditional display booth at last y ear‘s Macworld convention, Kaufman handed out pads and pencils and invited attendees to sketch the products they wanted.23. To ensure that his exacting standards were met, he‘d sit in front of the machines as the parts.24. What if l make a video so you d on‘t have to send people – you can just send the DVD showing how to install it?25.To illustrate this, we assume that a corporation had 10 shares of common stock outstanding, at the beginning of the year.26. A wise man does not fight when the odds are against him.27. After months of futile labor, the scientist suddenly had a brainstorm and solved the problem.28.The main culprit was the sickly housing market: although consumer spending has held up better than expected, the construction of homes has collapsed.29. Mortality rates actually increased with age in the same birth cohort.30.Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life.31. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body32. I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.33.That time could be better spent gabbing with a friend who works near you while carpooling or reading the paper on public transport.34. If the buddy system doesn‘t work for you, incorporate activity into your daily routine by walking to work or jogging to your lads‘ sch ool to pick them up.35. You can throw together a low-fat pizza in less than ten minutes with whatever you‘ve got in the fridge, and it‘s healthier than takeaway.36. Thus, new rules requiring chief executives and chief financial officers to sign off on their accounts have become the stuff of headlines.37. If a company blows up, this will allow the boss to blame the small fry.38. Companies may have to change the composition of their boards radically, as well as their relationship with their accounts.IV. Comprehension (20%)（A）The fiddler crab (蟹) is a living clock. It tells the time of day by the color of its skin, w hich is dark by day and pale by night. The crab‘s changing skin color follows a regular twenty-four hour cycle that exactly matches the daily rhythm of the sun.Does the crab actually keep time, or does its skin simply respond to the sun‘s rays, changing color according to the amount of light that strikes it? To find out,biologists kept crabs in a dark room for two months. Even without daylight the crab‘s skin color continued to change exactly on schedule.Perhaps this feature developed gradually in response to the rhythm of the sun, to help protect the crab from sunlight and enemies. After millions of years it had become completely fixed inside the living body of the crab.The biologists noticed that once each day the color of the fiddler crab is especially dark, and that each day this occurs fifty minutes later than on the day before. From this they discovered that each crab follows not only the rhythm of the sun but also that of the tides. The crab‘s period of greatest darkening is the time of low tide on the beach where it was caught!1.The crab‘s changing skin color follows __________.A) the daily rhythm of the sun B) the sun‘s raysC) the rhythm of the tides D) both A and C2.The experiment carried out by the biologists shows that __________.A) its color-changing ability has nothing to do with daylightB) only in a dark room it changes colorC) its changing skin color follows a regular cycleD) it changes color every fifty minutes3. What‘s the function of crab‘s color-changing ability?A) Keep time. B) Protect himself from enemies and sunlight.C) Keep warm. D) Respond to the sun‘s rays.4.The sentence ―The crab‘s skin color continued to change exactly on schedule.‖ in the second paragraph means that __________A) it didn‘t change color at allB) it changed color more slowlyC) it still changed in a regular twenty-four hour cycleD) it changed color more quickly5. The passage is probably taken from a book of __________.A) biology B) geography C) science D) physiology（B）If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius (天才), they will cause a big problem. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious (雄心勃勃的) parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what the parent expects, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children. However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a reasonable way, the child may succeed in doing very well --- especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.Michael Lee Chao Tin is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers a week for violin lessons. Although Michael‘s mother knows very little about music, Michael‘s father is a good trumpet(小号) player. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.Michael‘s friend, Winston Chiu Fang Weng, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. ―When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered,‖ Winston‘s father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.1. Which of the following mistakes are parents likely to make according to the passage?A) To neglect their child‘s education.B) To expect too much of their child.C) To make their child become a musician.D) To help their child to be a genius.2. What should parents do in order to help their children succeed?A) They should push the children into achieving a lot.B) They should understand and help their children in different times.C) They should try to have their own successful careers.D) They should arrange private lessons for their children.3. Which of the following statements about Michael Lee‘s parents is true?A) His father is a very poor player of trumpet.B) His parents are quite rich and have a car.C) His mother knows much about music.D) His parents help him in a proper way.4. Winston‘s parents push their son so much that __________.A) he is unhappy because he is not self-confidentB) he has succeeded in a lot of competitionsC) he feels he cannot learn anything about music from themD) he has already become a better musician than his father5. The two examples illustrate the principle that __________.A) it is important to let children develop in the way they wantB) successful parents often have unsuccessful childrenC) parents who want their child to be musical should also be good musiciansD) the more money spent on a child‘s education, the better the child will do（C）.George Willig loves to climb. He has climbed mountains for many years. In 1977, Willig decided to climb the second tallest building in the world — the World Trade Center in New York City. It is 110 floors high.Willig planned his climb carefully. He made a special claw to fit on the outside of the building. He found a strong rope to wrap around his body. Willig tested the equipment on the building five times late in the evening. Only his close friends knewabout his plan.Willig began his climb at 6:30 a.m. on May 26. Soon a crowd of people gathered on the street. They watched the 27-year-old man make his way up slowly. Willig was 20 feet high before police found out what he was doing. They ordered him to come down, but he refused.The crowd got bigger as Willig climbed higher. Soon thousands of people were cheering. The police waited on the roof of the building.At 10:05 a.m., Willig finally reached the top. The police asked for his autograph and then arrested him. At first, Willig was fined $250,000. But later the mayor of New York change the fine to $1.10, or one penny for every floor of the building.Why did George Willig climb the World Trade Center? Many people said he wanted to be famous. But Willig said that is not true. He said he did it for the joy and challenge of climbing.1. How long did George Willig take to climb the Building?A) One hour. B) About 3 1/2 hours.C) About 5 hours. D) About 2 hours.2. Willig tested his equipment five times ________.A) to make sure it was safe B) to show that he could countC) to see how heavy it was D) to see how it looks3. Willig probably did not tell police about his plan because ________.A) he did not know how to find themB) he thought they would stop himC) he thought it would rainD) he was not sure whether he could climb to the top4. What reason did Willig give for climbing the building?A) For money. B) For autographs.C) For the challenge. D) For becoming famous.5. The police probably arrested Willig because he was ________.A) scaring people B) climbing too slowlyC) breaking the law D) putting the police in trouble（D）The diner is only a humble restaurant, but it has a special place in American life. Diners appear in our novels, plays, poems, and movies. Many artists have used diners as scenes for their paintings. Why are diners so fascinating to us?The diner attracts many different kinds of people. It is a haven for lonely truck drivers far away from home. Construction workers learn about new jobs in distant cities. Traveling salesmen exchange gossip with one another. Teenagers sit in their booths, eating hamburgers.The people who work in diners are also interesting. Where did the new waitress come from? Will she remain here, or will she suddenly run off one day, as the last one did? And is the short-order cook really an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the law?Everyone comes to the diner for a different reason. Some want to work there, andsome want to eat there. Some stay for years, and others stay only for a few minutes. But, for all of them, the diner is a bright, warm stopover between the endless stretches of an open road.1. What‘s the main idea of paragraph 2?A) The attraction of diners to different people. B) Food offered at diners.C) How people eat at diners. D) When people come to diners.2. The purpose of the last paragraph is to ________.A) tell us about the reason for people coming to dinersB) invite us to try diners as a stopover between stretches of an open roadC) give a summary of the whole passageD) state the major point of the paragraph3. Why do truck drivers like a dinersA) It‘s a place to gossip.B) it‘s a place for fries and a hamburger.C) It‘s a haven against loneliness.D) It‘s a place to learned about new jobs.4. Diners attract ________.A) only truck drivers B) many kinds of peopleC) novelists D) escaped prisoners5. Diners are ________.A) quiet B) unpleasant C) luxurious D) fascinating。